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Medium: Silk embroidery on cotton (63)
Medium: Silk embroidery on cotton (63)
Sampler
Anna Wakker (Dutch, 1871–1917)
1943.98CCCC0
Woman's Dress
Greece, Dodecanese Islands, Tilos ?, 18th century
1933.439CCCC0
Sampler
Morocco, Salé, 19th century
1929.842CCCC0
Sleeve (?)
Greece, Thrace, Sarakatsani People, 19th century
1937.18CCCC0
Sleeve
Greece, Dodecanese Islands, 18th century
1927.18CCCC0
Rumal (Handkerchief)
India, Punjab, Chamba, 18th century
1916.1208CCCC0
#17
Dorothy Ruddick (American, 1925–2010)
1992.364©
Embroidered Fragment
Greece, 18th century
1972.223CCCC0
Part of a Curtain (Two Widths)
Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 19th century
1918.20CCCC0
Head Shawl (Phulkari)
India, Punjab, 19th century
1925.475CCCC0
Sampler
Netherlands, late 18th century
1942.526CCCC0
Sampler
Italy, 19th century
1942.533CCCC0
Fragment of "Aleuj" Embroidery
Morocco, Fez, early 20th century
1930.139CCCC0
Fragment of "Aleuj" Embroidery
Morocco, Fez, 19th century
1933.422CCCC0
Sampler
Germany, late 19th century
1943.116CCCC0
Embroidered Pillow Case
Morocco, Salé, 19th century
1939.452CCCC0
Bag
Turkey, 20th century
1957.6©
Bag
Turkey
1957.7CCCC0
Embroidered Pillow Case
Morocco, Salé, 19th century
1939.451CCCC0
Rumal Decorated with Scenes of Krishna's Life
India, Himachal Pradesh, 18th century
1996.349CCCC0
Sampler
England, 19th century
1942.503CCCC0
Embroidered Towel
Turkey, early 20th century
1916.1473CCCC0
Skirt Border and Sleeve
Greece, Dodecanese Islands, 18th century
1927.11CCCC0
Skirt Border
Greece, Dodecanese Islands, 18th century
1927.11.1CCCC0
Sleeve
Greece, Dodecanese Islands, 18th century
1927.11.2CCCC0
Cushion or Divan Cover
Azerbaijan, 17th-18th century
1916.1310CCCC0
Shawl
India, Punjab, 19th century
1956.594CCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)
Turkey, 19th century
1916.1262CCCC0
Fragment
India, Jaipur, 18th-19th century
1925.496CCCC0
Shawl
India, Kathiawar, 19th century
1916.1458CCCC0
Panel, Probably from a Curtain
Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 19th century
1918.19CCCC0
Sleeve
Greece, Dodecanese Islands, 18th century
1927.19CCCC0
Embroidered Cover
Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 19th century
1916.1277CCCC0
Fragment of a Tiraz
Iran or Iraq, Eastern Caliphate, Baghdad or Bishapur, Abbasid period during the caliphate of al-Muqtadir, AH 306-311 (AD 918-924)
1932.21CCCC0
Band for Edge of Mattress
Morocco, Fez, 18th-19th century
1920.1282CCCC0
Head Shawl ("Phulkari")
India, Punjab, 19th century
1940.595CCCC0
Panel, Probably from a Curtain
Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 19th century
1918.27CCCC0
Embroidered Shawl
Turkey, 18th century
1916.1261CCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)
Turkey, 19th century
1956.682CCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)
Turkey, 19th century
1956.676CCCC0
Embroidered Towel
Turkey ?, 19th century
1956.686CCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Havlu)
Turkey, 19th century
1916.1239CCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)
Turkey, 18th-19th century
1916.1249CCCC0
Embroidered Towel
Turkey, mid 18th century
1956.681CCCC0
Embroidered Textile
Turkey, 18th-19th century
1916.1246CCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)
Turkey, 19th century
1956.685CCCC0
Embroidered Fragment
Turkey, 19th century
1940.590CCCC0
Embroidered Cover
India, 19th century
1916.1364CCCC0
Embroidered Textile
Turkey ?, 18th century
1916.1306CCCC0
Hanging (Phulkari work)
India, Punjab, Late 19th century
1942.367CCCC0
Bedspread
India, Goa
1969.295CCCC0
Embroidered Square
Turkey, 18th-19th century
1916.1290CCCC0
Embroidered Divan Cover (?)
Turkey, 19th century
1916.1305CCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)
Turkey, 19th century
1916.1265CCCC0
Embroidered Cover
Turkey, 19th century
1940.358CCCC0
Embroidered Textile
Turkey, 18th-19th century
1916.1293CCCC0
Embroidered Sari
India, Patna, 19th - early 20th century
1916.1215CCCC0
Embroidered Cover (?)
Turkey, 18th-19th century
1916.1260CCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Havlu)
Turkey, 19th century
1956.678CCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)
Turkey, 19th century
1956.675CCCC0
Cover
Iran
1916.1314CCCC0
Skirt Panel (?)
Western India, Gujarat, Kachchh
1925.510CCCC0
Part of a Woman's Dress
Western India, Gujarat, Kachchh
1950.144CCCC0
Embroidery and Lace Collar
America, mid 19th century
1926.164CCCC0
Title, DateArtist / CultureAccession numberMediumDimensionsCredit lineRights
Sampler
Anna Wakker (Dutch, 1871–1917)
1943.98embroidery; silk on cottonOverall: 48.6 x 41.3 cm (19 1/8 x 16 1/4 in.)Gift of George W. BierceCCCC0
Woman's Dress
Greece, Dodecanese Islands, Tilos ?, 18th century
1933.439embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabbyOverall: 117 x 133 cm (46 1/16 x 52 3/8 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Sampler
Morocco, Salé, 19th century
1929.842embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 104.1 x 81.3 cm (41 x 32 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Sleeve (?)
Greece, Thrace, Sarakatsani People, 19th century
1937.18embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 35.3 x 54 cm (13 7/8 x 21 1/4 in.)Gift of Mrs. Charles William WasonCCCC0
Sleeve
Greece, Dodecanese Islands, 18th century
1927.18embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 53.4 x 49 cm (21 x 19 5/16 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Rumal (Handkerchief)
India, Punjab, Chamba, 18th century
1916.1208embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 62.2 x 63.5 cm (24 1/2 x 25 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
#17
Dorothy Ruddick (American, 1925–2010)
1992.364embroidery: cotton, linen, silk and wool on linenOverall: 33 x 35.6 x 4.5 cm (13 x 14 x 1 3/4 in.)Gift of Mildred Constantine©
Embroidered Fragment
Greece, 18th century
1972.223embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabbyOverall: 20.5 x 43.8 cm (8 1/16 x 17 1/4 in.)The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson MillikenCCCC0
Part of a Curtain (Two Widths)
Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 19th century
1918.20silk embroidery on cottonAverage: 231.1 x 73.7 cm (91 x 29 in.)Gift of J. H. WadeCCCC0
Head Shawl (Phulkari)
India, Punjab, 19th century
1925.475embroidery; silk on cottonOverall: 116.8 x 264.2 cm (46 x 104 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Sampler
Netherlands, late 18th century
1942.526embroidery; silk on cottonOverall: 49.5 x 49 cm (19 1/2 x 19 5/16 in.)The Mary Pack McNairy Collection, Gift of Gladys McNairy White and Elisabeth McNairy Monroe in memory of their motherCCCC0
Sampler
Italy, 19th century
1942.533embroidery; silk on cottonOverall: 73.7 x 73.7 cm (29 x 29 in.)The Mary Pack McNairy Collection, Gift of Gladys McNairy White and Elisabeth McNairy Monroe in memory of their motherCCCC0
Fragment of "Aleuj" Embroidery
Morocco, Fez, early 20th century
1930.139embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 36.2 x 45.7 cm (14 1/4 x 18 in.)Gift of Mrs. John W. SeaverCCCC0
Fragment of "Aleuj" Embroidery
Morocco, Fez, 19th century
1933.422embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 22.2 x 45.1 cm (8 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Sampler
Germany, late 19th century
1943.116embroidery; silk and cotton on cottonOverall: 31.5 x 34.6 cm (12 3/8 x 13 5/8 in.)Gift of George W. BierceCCCC0
Embroidered Pillow Case
Morocco, Salé, 19th century
1939.452embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 39.5 x 54.6 cm (15 9/16 x 21 1/2 in.)Gift of Mrs. Morris A. BlackCCCC0
Bag
Turkey, 20th century
1957.6silk embroidery on cottonOverall: 28.3 x 18.4 cm (11 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.)The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund©
Bag
Turkey
1957.7silk embroidery on cottonOverall: 19.7 x 32.1 cm (7 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.)The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension FundCCCC0
Embroidered Pillow Case
Morocco, Salé, 19th century
1939.451embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 46.7 x 88.9 cm (18 3/8 x 35 in.)Gift of Selma V. SullivanCCCC0
Rumal Decorated with Scenes of Krishna's Life
India, Himachal Pradesh, 18th century
1996.349embroidery, silk, and silver wire on cottonOverall: 64.5 x 114 cm (25 3/8 x 44 7/8 in.)Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec WardCCCC0
Sampler
England, 19th century
1942.503embroidery; cotton and silk on linenOverall: 40 x 38.8 cm (15 3/4 x 15 1/4 in.)The Mary Pack McNairy CollectionCCCC0
Embroidered Towel
Turkey, early 20th century
1916.1473embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundAverage: 178.4 x 44.5 cm (70 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Skirt Border and Sleeve
Greece, Dodecanese Islands, 18th century
1927.11embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundPurchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Cushion or Divan Cover
Azerbaijan, 17th-18th century
1916.1310embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 113.4 x 63.6 cm (44 5/8 x 25 1/16 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Shawl
India, Punjab, 19th century
1956.594embroidery (phulkari); silk on cotton groundOverall: 231 x 118.8 cm (90 15/16 x 46 3/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter UpsonCCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)
Turkey, 19th century
1916.1262embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 121 x 63.5 cm (47 5/8 x 25 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Fragment
India, Jaipur, 18th-19th century
1925.496embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 14.6 x 3.8 cm (5 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Shawl
India, Kathiawar, 19th century
1916.1458embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 104.1 x 76.2 cm (41 x 30 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Panel, Probably from a Curtain
Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 19th century
1918.19embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundAverage: 181.6 x 50.2 cm (71 1/2 x 19 3/4 in.)Gift of J. H. WadeCCCC0
Sleeve
Greece, Dodecanese Islands, 18th century
1927.19embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 51.5 x 27.3 cm (20 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Embroidered Cover
Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 19th century
1916.1277embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundAverage: 257.9 x 157.5 cm (101 9/16 x 62 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Fragment of a Tiraz
Iran or Iraq, Eastern Caliphate, Baghdad or Bishapur, Abbasid period during the caliphate of al-Muqtadir, AH 306-311 (AD 918-924)
1932.21embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 20.8 x 48.2 cm (8 3/16 x 19 in.)Gift of George D. PrattCCCC0
Band for Edge of Mattress
Morocco, Fez, 18th-19th century
1920.1282embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 12.7 x 28.6 cm (5 x 11 1/4 in.)Gift of Myrta Leonora JonesCCCC0
Head Shawl ("Phulkari")
India, Punjab, 19th century
1940.595embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundOverall: 273.7 x 136.5 cm (107 3/4 x 53 3/4 in.)Bequest of James ParmeleeCCCC0
Panel, Probably from a Curtain
Uzbekistan, Bukhara, 19th century
1918.27embroidery: silk on cotton tabby groundAverage: 51.1 x 176.5 cm (20 1/8 x 69 1/2 in.)Gift of J. H. WadeCCCC0
Embroidered Shawl
Turkey, 18th century
1916.1261embroidery: silk on cotton and silk net groundOverall: 170 x 85 cm (66 15/16 x 33 7/16 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)
Turkey, 19th century
1956.682embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabbyAverage: 81.2 x 43.5 cm (31 15/16 x 17 1/8 in.)Harold North Fowler CollectionCCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)
Turkey, 19th century
1956.676embroidery: silk and metal strips on cotton tabby groundAverage: 78.8 x 43.5 cm (31 x 17 1/8 in.)Harold North Fowler CollectionCCCC0
Embroidered Towel
Turkey ?, 19th century
1956.686embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabbyAverage: 35.6 x 77.8 cm (14 x 30 5/8 in.)Harold North Fowler CollectionCCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Havlu)
Turkey, 19th century
1916.1239embroidery: silk and metallic threads on cotton tabby groundAverage: 151.1 x 86.4 cm (59 1/2 x 34 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)
Turkey, 18th-19th century
1916.1249embroidery: silk and metal on cotton tabby groundAverage: 116.2 x 68.6 cm (45 3/4 x 27 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Embroidered Towel
Turkey, mid 18th century
1956.681embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabbyAverage: 104.8 x 54.2 cm (41 1/4 x 21 5/16 in.)Harold North Fowler CollectionCCCC0
Embroidered Textile
Turkey, 18th-19th century
1916.1246embroidery: silk and metallic threads on wool ground, cotton backingAverage: 124.5 x 93 cm (49 x 36 5/8 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)
Turkey, 19th century
1956.685embroidery; silk and gold filé on cotton tabbyAverage: 102.9 x 54 cm (40 1/2 x 21 1/4 in.)Harold North Fowler CollectionCCCC0
Embroidered Fragment
Turkey, 19th century
1940.590embroidery: silk and metal filé on silk velvet ground; cotton backingAverage: 26.1 x 25.7 cm (10 1/4 x 10 1/8 in.)Bequest of James ParmeleeCCCC0
Embroidered Cover
India, 19th century
1916.1364embroidery: silk, metal, and cotton thread on cotton ground; silk edging and velvet appliquéOverall: 125 x 88 cm (49 3/16 x 34 5/8 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Embroidered Textile
Turkey ?, 18th century
1916.1306embroidery: silk, and gold and silver filé on silk ground; cotton backingAverage: 113.7 x 89.5 cm (44 3/4 x 35 1/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Hanging (Phulkari work)
India, Punjab, Late 19th century
1942.367embroidered silk on cottonOverall: 254 x 147.3 cm (100 x 58 in.)Gift of Mrs. J. Livingstone TaylorCCCC0
Bedspread
India, Goa
1969.295Silk on cotton; embroideryOverall: 271.7 x 223.5 cm (106 15/16 x 88 in.)The Norweb CollectionCCCC0
Embroidered Square
Turkey, 18th-19th century
1916.1290embroidery: gold filé laid over cotton thread, couched at edges by cotton, on silk groundAverage: 94.6 x 98.5 cm (37 1/4 x 38 3/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Embroidered Divan Cover (?)
Turkey, 19th century
1916.1305embroidery: silk, and metal filé twisted around silk core, couched with silk, on velvet ground; cotton backingAverage: 163.8 x 108.6 cm (64 1/2 x 42 3/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)
Turkey, 19th century
1916.1265embroidery: silk and gold and silver filé on cotton tabby groundOverall: 127 x 71 cm (50 x 27 15/16 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Embroidered Cover
Turkey, 19th century
1940.358embroidery: gold filé, twisted around silk core, on cotton tabby groundOverall: 114 x 111 cm (44 7/8 x 43 11/16 in.)Gift of Mrs. Chester C. BoltonCCCC0
Embroidered Textile
Turkey, 18th-19th century
1916.1293embroidery: gold filé around silk core laid over cotton, couched at edges in silk, and sequins on silk ground Average: 47.6 x 55.3 cm (18 3/4 x 21 3/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Embroidered Sari
India, Patna, 19th - early 20th century
1916.1215embroidery; silk and metal thread and sequins on cotton tabby groundOverall: 197.5 x 122 cm (77 3/4 x 48 1/16 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Embroidered Cover (?)
Turkey, 18th-19th century
1916.1260embroidery: silver filé and gold strips over cotton thread, couched at edges by silk, on silk groundAverage: 128.9 x 74.3 cm (50 3/4 x 29 1/4 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Havlu)
Turkey, 19th century
1956.678embroidery: silk, gold and silver filé, and gold strip pushed through silk, bent and pressed into place, on cotton tabby groundAverage: 150.9 x 68.6 cm (59 7/16 x 27 in.)Harold North Fowler CollectionCCCC0
Embroidered Towel (Peshkir)
Turkey, 19th century
1956.675embroidery: silk threads and metal strip pushed through fabric, bend and pressed on cotton tabby groundAverage: 86.7 x 43.2 cm (34 1/8 x 17 in.)Harold North Fowler CollectionCCCC0
Woman's trouser fabric
Iran
1916.1307embroidery, outline stitch: silk on cottonOverall: 65.1 x 50.5 cm (25 5/8 x 19 7/8 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Cover
Iran
1916.1314Silk on cotton tabby ground, embroideryOverall: 122.6 x 85.1 cm (48 1/4 x 33 1/2 in.)Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WadeCCCC0
Skirt Panel (?)
Western India, Gujarat, Kachchh
1925.510silk on cotton tabby ground, embroideryOverall: 72.4 x 85.1 cm (28 1/2 x 33 1/2 in.)Purchase from the J. H. Wade FundCCCC0
Part of a Woman's Dress
Western India, Gujarat, Kachchh
1950.144silk and metal on silk ground, embroidery, cotton backingOverall: 84.5 x 108.5 cm (33 1/4 x 42 11/16 in.)Gift of Elsa Vick ShawCCCC0
Embroidery and Lace Collar
America, mid 19th century
1926.164lace: embroidery on machine-made cotton net, edged with bobbin lace and silk ribbonsAverage: 363.3 x 31.2 cm (143 1/16 x 12 5/16 in.)Gift of Florence M. KimberlyCCCC0